119-hr4724

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4724 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4724

To direct the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to establish 
 a database with respect to corporate offenses, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 23, 2025

 Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
 Tlaib, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
 and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
 the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To direct the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to establish 
 a database with respect to corporate offenses, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Corporate Crime Database Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE AT THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.

    (a) In General.--Part C of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10131 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

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SEC. 305. CORPORATE CRIME DATABASE.

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    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
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    (1) Business entity.--The term `business entity' means a 
 corporation, association, partnership, limited liability 
 company, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity.
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    (2) Corporate offense.--The term `corporate offense' 
 means--
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        (A) a violation or alleged violation of Federal 
 law committed by--
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            (i) a business entity; or
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            (ii) an individual employed by a business 
 entity within the conduct of the individual's 
 occupational role; and
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        (B) any other violation determined by the 
 Director to be a corporate offense.
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    (3) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of 
 the Bureau.
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    (4) Enforcement action.--The term `enforcement action' 
 includes any concluded administrative, civil, or criminal 
 enforcement action or any declination, settlement, deferred 
 prosecution agreement, or non-prosecution agreement entered 
 into by a Federal agency to enforce a law or regulation.
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    (5) Federal agency.--The term `Federal agency' has the 
 meaning given the term `agency' in 

section 551 of title 5, 
 United States Code.
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    (b) Establishment.--Beginning not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025, the 
Director shall--
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    (1) collect, aggregate, and analyze information regarding 
 enforcement actions taken with respect to corporate offenses; 
 and
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    (2) publish on the internet website of the Bureau a 
 database of the enforcement actions described in paragraph

    (1) .
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            (c) Information Included.--The database established under 
subsection

    (b) shall include the following information on an 
enforcement action with respect to corporate offenses:
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    (1) Each business entity or individual identified by the 
 enforcement action.
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    (2) The employer of an individual identified under 
 paragraph

    (1) , as determined relevant by the Director.
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    (3) The parent company of a business entity identified 
 under paragraph

    (1) or the parent company of any employer 
 identified under paragraph

    (2) , as determined relevant by the 
 Director.
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    (4) The type of offense or alleged offense committed by 
 the business entity or individual.
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    (5) Any relevant statute or regulation violated by the 
 business entity or individual.
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    (6) Each Federal agency bringing the enforcement action.
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    (7) The outcome of the enforcement action, if any, 
 including all documentation relevant to the outcome.
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    (8) An unique identifier for each business entity, 
 individual, employer, or parent company identified by the 
 enforcement action.
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    (9) Any additional information the Director determines 
 necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
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            (d) Information Collection by Director.--
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    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
 of enactment of the Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025, the 
 Director shall establish guidance for the collection of 
 information from each Federal agency that carries out an 
 enforcement action with respect to corporate offenses, 
 including identification of each Federal agency that shall 
 submit information to the Director and the manner in which, 
 time at which, and frequency with which the information shall 
 be submitted.
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    (2) Cooperation by federal agencies.--Each Federal agency 
 identified in the guidance established under paragraph

    (1) shall submit to the Director the information specified by the 
 Director, in accordance with that guidance.
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    (3) Timing of information included.--To the extent to 
 which information is available, the database established under 
 subsection

    (b) shall include the information described in 
 subsection
            (c) on each enforcement action with respect to 
 corporate offenses taken by a Federal agency before, on, or 
 after the date of enactment of the Corporate Crime Database Act 
 of 2025.
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    (e) Publication Details.--
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    (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
 enactment of the Corporate Crime Database Act of 2025, the 
 Director shall publish on the internet website of the Bureau 
 the database established under subsection

    (b) in a format that 
 is searchable, downloadable, and accessible to the public.
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    (2) Update of information.--The Director shall update the 
 information included in the database established under 
 subsection

    (b) each time the information is collected under 
 subsection
            (d) .
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    (f) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the publication 
of the database established under subsection

    (b) , and annually 
thereafter, the Director shall submit to Congress a report including--
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    (1) a description of the data collected and analyzed 
 under this section related to corporate offenses, including an 
 analysis of recidivism, offenses and alleged offenses, and 
 enforcement actions;
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    (2) an estimate of the impact of corporate offenses on 
 victims and the public; and
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    (3) recommendations, developed in consultation with the 
 Attorney General, for legislative or administrative actions to 
 improve the ability of Federal agencies to monitor, respond to, 
 and deter instances of corporate offenses.''.

    (b) Chief Data Officer Council.--

Section 3520A

    (b) of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (4) , by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
 semicolon;

    (2) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
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    (6) identify ways in which a Federal agency (as defined 
 in 

section 305 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
 Streets Act of 1968) that carries out an enforcement action (as 
 defined in that section) with respect to a corporate offense 
 (as defined in that section) can improve the collection, 
 digitalization, tabulation, sharing, and publishing of 
 information under that section, and the standardization of 
 those processes, in order to carry out that section.''.
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